Author(s): Pradip Patra and Sukesh Patra

Abstract:
Mushrooms polysaccharides have attracted a great deal of attention due to the many healthy benefits they have demonstrated, such as immunomodulation, anticancer activity etc. Isolation of pure polysaccharides commonly involve several steps, and different techniques are actually available in order to increase extraction yield and purity. Several studies have demonstrated that the molecular structure and arrangement of monosaccharides significantly influence the biological activity; therefore, there is a broad range of methodical techniques for the elucidation of chemical structures. Different polysaccharides have been isolated from mushrooms, most of them consisting of β-linked glucans, such as lentinan, pleuran, schizophyllan, calocyban, and ganoderan. This article reviews the most important methods of polysaccharide extraction and structural characterization, and some of the most important polysaccharides extracted from mushrooms and the healthy benefits they provide

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